The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-12-18
AUSTRIA AND RUSSIA.
The lowering War cloud Be-
gins TO Thicker.
A SERIOUS ALARM IN EUROPE.
Washington Notes - 8. P. Rounds
Dead-At the Treasury Bar
yOrhoes' Ideas. s= %
The War Clouds ThioksO.

BERLIN. December 17.-LCOpyrighted
1887 by the New York Association
Emperor William held, to-day, an in
formal council on the military situa
ton, which is understood to have
heavy bearing on tO-morrow's military
council at Vienna. Whatever measure
Is there adopted will be taken in con-
sonanCe with a concerted plan for a
demonstration against Russia.
Reports have reached the Berlin war
Office. which describe the Austrian de-
Tense works in Galicia as neglected,
while the movements of Russian troops
show an accurate knowledge of the
weak points for attack. These settle
ments which we're sent to Vienna have
stung the war office there into night
and day activity. All measures that are
decided upon are communicated
to the Berlin authorities and the in
posed to guide Austrian preparations.
The result of to-morroW's conference
ia eagerly awaited. Berlin officials are
of the opinion that the outcome of the
council will be nothing more than an
accelerated dispatch of troops to the
frontier. The time has not come for q
collective note from allied Powers de
manding an explanation of Russian
concentrations.
Gener | Won Sohwienits, German
ambassador to Russia, will return to
his post at st. Petersburg. tomorrow.
If the Gear approaches him upon the
question of mutual ornaments,
General Won SchweinitE ia believed
to be charged to represent that the
German diplomatic and military
position is unchanged, aud that peace
ID dependent upon a cessation of Rus
sian measures against the league OF
peace. Government circles, bUth in
Berlin and Vienna, are becoming con-
WINGED that the allies mean to attack
Russia early in the spring. Military
circles in Vienna regard the campaign
as ev n closer, and are of the opinion
it will be opened within two months.
The Poster Lloyd, organ OF Herr Tia,
Hungarian Premier, contends for the
necessity of crushing Russia in the
event of war occurring, 30 rectltying
the frontier as to disable her from caue-
ing further trouble in Europe.
From Constsntinople reports come
that under promptings of Herr Won
Rsdourtz, the German AmbasssG Or, the
Porte is hastily extending Notifications
on the Bosphorus. German engineers
are supervising the work, and the whole
tenor Of the news is warlike.
No measure that the present Reich
stag has considered has so notably
shoWa national spirit uniting all par
ties IS the new military bill. Yester-
days debste was q succession of patri-
otto speeches untsinted by party bias.
The debate has been especially graft
flying to the government. The absence
of opposition has proved that every
section OF the House has become per
zneated with a sense of near danger,
and is ready to respond to whatever de-
mand government deems expedient.
To.day'S cereal bill was read for the
third time. 1t included an amendment
raising the duty on oats to marks. All
paragraphs were adopted in form and
approved on the second reading, and
the whole bill finally passed. Reichstag
adjourned until January 18th. ~.
The See Hand Lung project to open
German-Ch Chinese bank is certain OF sue
cess. 1t has the CO operation of the
most prominent German bankers. The
project includes the establishment of
branches at all treaty ports in China
and Russia. 81